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The easier a business management solution is to use, the faster people can to adopt it. The right solution can improve business productivity and lead to a fast return on investment (ROI) by enhancing collaboration, extending contextual business insight to people who need it, and increasing the reach of the solution so that a larger percentage of employees can gain access to it. Finally, a comprehensive solution can support the needs of both frequent and infrequent users. When assessing... Read Full Story

Sales productivity is built on twin pillars: efficiency and effectiveness. To be a high-performing company, the sales organization requires both. The key isn’t to bring on more people to make your company grow. The key is making the ones you have more efficient and effective.Efficient means they are discriminating in how they spend their time, less on activities such as: Account maintenance Administration Travel Planning Effective means they spend more time on high-value sales activities and... Read Full Story

We've updated our Microsoft Dynamics AX Consulting  page! The new page contains deeper dives into the key functional areas of Microsoft Dynamics AX, along with ROI information, analyst insight, demo videos, and links to other resources! We'd love you to provide your feedback by commenting on this article! Read Full Story

Reduce the cost, complexity, and time required to realize the benefits of your Microsoft Dynamics AX deployment with the Merit Solutions Rapid On Implementation Methodology . Take advantage of the only Microsoft Dynamics AX rapid deployment packaged service offering worldwide, which delivers a fully configured, ready-to-go customer environment within 30 days - complete with your chart of accounts, customers, vendors, and master data. Benefits of a Rapid On Implementation include: Gets You Up... Read Full Story

Since President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) on January 4, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made significant progress in developing proposed rules to implement the sweeping food safety reform law, publishing mandated reports, and taking important steps toward increasing overall food safety capacity in the United States. Below are brief summaries of what FDA has accomplished to date. Highlights of FSMA during 2011: Issued interim final rules on criteria... Read Full Story

Microsoft Dynamics AX is a business management application for mid-sized and larger organizations that is designed to improve operational efficiencies through automation and increased end user productivity. Beyond traditional ERP components such as financials, business intelligence and reporting, sales and marketing, and service management, Microsoft Dynamics AX also includes key functionality to support manufacturing, including: Manufacturing management tools including production order... Read Full Story

In February, 2010 Forrester Research published a survey (Paul D. Hamerman: “ Enterprise Apps Customers Have Issues ”) that outlines the key challenges that enterprise companies face with their ERP solutions when trying to meet today’s business and IT challenges. The survey was done with business process and application professionals. Not surprisingly, there are many similarities between the findings of this study and the key challenges and IT business trends we have discussed in previous... Read Full Story

Manufacturing is a mature industry, so today’s leaders are facing some of the same challenges that their predecessors have encountered over the years. These include: Cost pressures : As companies compete in a global market, they are under constant pressure to reduce end-item manufacturing costs as well as plant operating costs. This requires streamlining processes and increasing production efficiency. There is a continued need for insight into cost drivers of the operations. Time to market... Read Full Story

Despite lingering overall economic uncertainty, food & beverage processors apparently have come off a pretty good year. Those with plant operations responsibility remain cautiously optimistic for their prospects for profits and growth for the new year, according to Food Processing's 2012 Manufacturing Trends Survey. Read the full report online: 2012 Manufacturing Trends Survey: Can Production This Year Top 2011? Important top-line results from the study include: 53 percent say Food... Read Full Story

Microsoft Convergence 2012 is rapidly approaching! Make sure to register before January 26, because you can save $300 with early registration pricing! Merit Solutions is thrilled for the opportunity to be a Bronze Sponsor at Convergence this year, and we hope everyone can stop by Booth #545 across from the Microsoft Dynamics AX Experience Center to learn more about our products and services! We hope you are able to join us! Microsoft Convergence 2012: March 18-21, 2012  George R. Brown... Read Full Story